Fitting and method of making the same



- Feb. 2, 1932. P. BALZE FITTING AND METHOD of MAKING THE SAME Filed July 24, 1929 Patented Feb. 2, 1932 .1

j U IT D STATES PATENT OFFICE PAUL BALZE, or LEONIAQNRW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO M. a B. MANUFACTURING 00.,

' INC, or LEONIA, ew JERSEY, A CORPORATION oF Ew JERSEY FITTING AND METHOD or MAKING THE SAME Application "filed ul 24,

This invention relates to devices that are adapted to be engaged together and to methods of making or engaging such devices.

One object of the'invention is to provide a device of the character described, including improvedmeans permitting the device to be constructed to suit any structure with which it is to coact. Y

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the nature'set forth in which the same has improvedmeansin association; therewith which are simple, inexpensive, can be readily, and conveniently applied in the factory or on the job, without necessitating the use'of specialtools, and which are nevertheless, reliable and ellicient in use to a high degree. I V

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of an improved method ofconstructing the device, or of engaging the same with any desired structure.

Other objects and advantagesof the invention will become apparent as the specification proceeds.

With the' aforesaid objects in view, the invention consists in the novel combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described in their preferred embodiments, pointed out in the subjoined claims, and illustrated on the annexed drawings, wherein like parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a view'in vertical section of a device embodying the invention, showing in dotted lines another form of the same.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation showing a step in the method.

Fig. 4 is a view in vertical section showing a completed device embodying the invention and the method of applying the same.

The advantages of the invention as here outlined are best realized when all of its fea- I tures and instrumentalities are combined in one and the same structure, but, useful devices may be produced embodying less than the whole.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains, that the 1929. seriaiNo. 380,556.

samemay be incorporated in several different constructions. The accompanying drawings, therefore, are submitted merely as showing the preferred exemplification of the inven'tion.

' Generally described, the invention provides a device which is adapted to be engaged with a structure of any given size or shape. In one form of the device, the same includes a body. having coacting means that can be changed to suit the said structure. A strong or tight engagement may be made in co-operation with the said means. The engagement may be effected by the use of a material which is fluid or plastic over the means, the latter being readily cut or trimmed tothe proper conformation'to retain the material referred to. Among the materials may be mentioned lead or other fusible metal, clay or cement, composition materials, and these may be applied under conditions of heat or pressure as the case may require. material may be employed, made of cardboard,.metal, wood, or composition material. The engagement afforded may be either permanent or movable as may be desired, depending upon the shape, or coaction of the engaging parts. The invention is applicable to any device that is to be engaged with orcaused to coact with another device whether for purely structural reasons, or to afford a fluid tight connection.

More especially the invention is used in the practice of threaded devices. To illustrate the advantages of the invention, the same may be described in connection with plumbing devices'and more particularly clean out plugs. It is customary to provide special couplings which are connected to the plumbing system'by the usuel bell and spigot joints. These coupings are threaded to receive the clean out plugs. The threads, however, are not standard, it would be difficult'to replace the same. As

a result, leakage of sewage gas would occur;

By this invention, the couplings may be closed in a sanitary and approved manner by constructing a plug on the spot to suit the individual coupling.

Referring in detail to the drawings, de-

For the means, sheet so that if a. plug should be lost,-

: notes a device embodying the invention. The" same includes a body 11 which maybe of any suitable size or shape. The same may be in the nature of a core that is made of any material that is feasible for the purpose; The said core can hemade of a metal such-as cast iron, and it is of circular" fornr. It surmounted by an engagement portion or head a 12 for manip'ulatingthe plug. v p Y Securedifn any suitablemanner'to theb'otf tom of the core'i's' a sheet of material 1 3 wl1iblt extends beyond the edge of the core and may. lie in any required relation thereto; Thus" the said sheet is disposed-in aplaneat-rig-ht angles to the axis of the core. It may consist ot any suitable mhteri alg' as, for'exaniple cardboardi" The latter may: be fixed to the fit into holes 15di'il'led'..or otherwise fermed in the core 11. Although the member- 13 is showne as being: in=i-he shape of a disc,- itwill he" understood that it may have: any other shape that might be required 7 The di ameter of thedisc is considerably larger. than. that of the core,and--it may, have'any desired ratio thereto. I 1 I Y 1'6 denotesa' structure with which the de-' vice'1'0is adapted to beengageda- Said'strue tureimay be any conventional 'fittingor a couplingihaving at itslower end a spigot 17 and being internally threaded at its upper end at 1'8 The thread referred tomay be of any kind whatsoever-.-

In practice? the device 10 is plaeed on thecoupling 16 with the member 1 3 resting; on the upper edgeof the coupling andbeingof greater diameter than the same: lViththe core" ll positioned in coaxial relati'on -tcr the said coupling,- the operator applies a'haminer tofthe member 13 and causes a circletobe iinp pressed therein, either completely severing an outer annular portion 13a oi? the member 1 3 01 elsecutting' thesard ri'ngportioirby the G3. and urinary plag ae is constructed to: fit the appl'iczrtio'nof a suitable cutting; tool. The

- member 13 is their screwed intothe-thread 18 to any" desired extent. Being-of a yielding or pliable material, it will readily adjust it self to the'threa'd andmake atight cl'osure'in the conyiiling" especially in view of th'e'taperof the thread. The opera-tor now pours a fused metal,- suchas molten lead, into the conpling above the' closure member 13 and into the annular space between the core and the" wan ofthe coupling. This metal solidifies said annular space,- ii'i'cliidjin'g the threads 18 The ring 19 of relatively soft, rust proof able and can be used in the customary manner. It is rust proof and afiords a tighter connection with the coupling than can be obtained with a threaded plug. By making the closure disc sufiiciently large, a comparatively small number ofisizes of the device '10 needitobe'oar ried in v a Although the invention has been shown as applied to a plug and coupling, it can be used alsowit h 'devicesof other kinds, and the drawings herein aret'lle'refore to be considered as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It will thus be" seen that I have provided a;dev ice whichtf ul fills the several objects of the invention and is well adapted to meetthe conditions of practical use; a

1. A device ofythe-charaoter deseribed-,-in-- eluding a plate of fibrousmaterial that is' adapt-(alto be cut tofany'desired fornr or size, and a coaxial core extending; upward: from the plate with the latter extending. laterally beyond the core to afford a circular space" open in axial direction; a

I 2. The method of= constructing fitting in situ, which includesengaging a disc to the bottom of a core,vthe disc being. larger thanthe core and alineditherewitm cuttingthe disc downto'fit the thread of a hollow. mem ber,,= threading the discinto the: said thread with the core extending, upward to formanannular upward opening space about the core-in the hollow member andwi-tlrthe core supportedby the disc, and placing a fusible material into thesaidspace through said opening to, setwitlr a tlrrea'd i-n' errga gement with the threadqot' the hollow member and with the solidified material in: engagement with the core, whereby an integral fitting; is reduced accurately eon formi'ng with the thread of themember and removable there from: I I r In testimony whereof I affix mysignature raun- Breeze;

= rapidly and assume'sthe'ring shape of the metal thusformeclis strongly fixed to the core by suitable" projections 21 extend iii g fromthe core. It'is thasseen that a new- Orr-"adaptingorehreach plhgtis renew 

